Bob Fulton

Bob Fulton
AM
Personal information
Full nameRobert Fulton
Born(1947-12-01)1 December 1947
Stockton Heath, Cheshire, England
Died23 May 2021(2021-05-23) (aged 73)
Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
PositionCentre, Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1965 Wests (Illawarra)
1966–76 Manly 151 129 10 57 510
1969–70 Warrington 16 16 0 1 50
1977–79 Eastern Suburbs 50 18 16 2 88
Total 217 163 26 60 648
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1967–78 City Firsts 17 13 3 0 46
1967–78 New South Wales 16 14 0 0 42
1968–78 Australia 35 25 0 6 82
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1980–82 Eastern Suburbs 78 48 4 26 62
1983–88 Manly 152 99 3 50 65
1993–99 Manly 153 105 3 45 69
Total 383 252 10 121 66
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1989–98 Australia 39 32 1 6 82
City Firsts (September side) 1967
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RelativesBrett Fulton (son)
Scott Fulton (son)
Zac Fulton (grandson)

Robert Fulton AM (1 December 1947 – 23 May 2021), also nicknamed "Bozo", was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and later commentator. Fulton played, coached, selected for and commentated on the game with great success at the highest levels and has been named amongst Australia's greatest rugby league players of the 20th century.

As a player, Fulton won three premierships with the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the 1970s, the last as captain. He represented the Australia national team thirty-five times, seven as captain. He had a long coaching career at the first grade level, taking Manly to premiership victories in 1987 and 1996. He coached the Australia national team in thirty-nine Tests. He was a New South Wales State selector and a national selector. He was a radio commentator with 2GB at the time of his death in 2021, aged 73.

In 1981, he was selected as one of the initial four post-war "Immortals" of the Australian game and, in 2008, he was named in Australia's team of the century.

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